Wholesale Banking Contract Job Trends in London

Wholesale Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wholesale Banking in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wholesale Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 353 385
Rank change year-on-year -36 +32 +136
Contract jobs citing Wholesale Banking 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.025% 0.007% 0.038%
As % of the General category 0.040% 0.011% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £491 - £679
25th Percentile £571 - £738
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £705 £325 £775
Median % change year-on-year +116.92% -58.06% +19.23%
75th Percentile - - £850
90th Percentile - - £865
England median daily rate £675 £325 £114
% change year-on-year +107.69% +186.14% -82.53%

All General Skills
London

Wholesale Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,060 8,790 11,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.55% 65.85% 63.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,557 5,675 8,355
10th Percentile £350 £328 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 117 261
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.04 £18.33
Median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% +20.69% -4.92%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.54 £72.75
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -16.69%

Wholesale Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Wholesale Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Wholesale Banking job vacancy trend in London

Wholesale Banking
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wholesale Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Wholesale Banking

Wholesale Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wholesale Banking in London over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wholesale Banking in London

Wholesale Banking
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wholesale Banking within the London region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London - 1 - -
Wholesale Banking
England

Wholesale Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Vault
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Report Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modeller
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (50.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) KYC
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Degree